Gold

Gold is the second studio album by Ryan Adams, released September 25, 2001. The album went on to sell 364,000 copies in the U.S. and 812,000 worldwide, Adams' best-selling album to date. Adams noted that "with Gold, I was trying to prove something to myself. I wanted to invent a modern classic." Adams intended for the album to be a double album, but his record label, Lost Highway, condensed the album into a single disc to avoid paying Adams more ... more

Gold is the second studio album by Ryan Adams, released September 25, 2001. The album went on to sell 364,000 copies in the U.S. and 812,000 worldwide, Adams' best-selling album to date. Adams noted that "with Gold, I was trying to prove something to myself. I wanted to invent a modern classic." Adams intended for the album to be a double album, but his record label, Lost Highway, condensed the album into a single disc to avoid paying Adams more money. According to Adams, the label "took the last five songs, made it a bonus disc and put it on the first hundred and fifty thousand copies. Fucking my fans over and making them pay extra for a record I wanted to be a double album. They counted that as one record." This bonus disc is known as Side Four; the disc's title reflects the fact that the bonus material makes up the fourth side of the double LP edition of the album. The album includes "When the Stars Go Blue", which has been covered by artists such as The Corrs, Tyler Hilton, and... less